Liquid measuring and registering apparatus.



C. F. BROWN.

LIQUID MEASURING AND REGISTERING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED 05c. 20, 1913.

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C. F. BROWN.

LIQUID MEASURING AND REGISTERING APPARATUS- APPLICATION FILED 050.20. 1913.

1,146,232. Patented July 13, 1915.

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a @Mmaaaem:. B an w s ha r a; citizen, of the Unite 12 States; residing at New York, in the county of New York: and

St e -hf 1 NQW York, have; invented certain;

i new fuseful Improvements-in; Liquid I i l l esur s n R iv ri Yl p t d' I hereby.gdeclarej"thatfthe; following is "ficatijon y u'lfhisinfvention isanovel'fap'paratus for n n ifi q d an is i iticl. y T u 15 i for use in dispensing fcharged'b'e'verages' suchYas beer;

' i he contents of a vesselfto be acinvention isto enable curately measured as it is dispensed and to avoid'loss or. erroneous measure due tqex- 'pansion or foaming of the liquid when" reli'eved' fromf pressure, The apparatus is] to' b'einterposed between the d ifs'pensn'ig faucet anatheoriginali caskjon' container, and the liquidai's pass dvthrbi gh'bl fiiapparatus as it di p s t a; iebya drds smethanearr-lo to; foamor o expand in a passing riginal icont' airier' through I the registered, thatby inspection of ithefreg ister' 'th' ow mu'ch liqui'd has :beenfdis I e can s determine how mu h liquid 11 m theoriginal li Y sectionalview a GninnnsfjF. BR WN,

"seem s iifit e wt ad: to; theg accompanying" d,- and the liquid 7 is accurately pmr m i h i v is quantities, and the quantities wiier of? theg apparatus can V at .alsofbynotingtheregt 'port's 2 an'd-2 as illustrated in full'lines in Fig. 4.: By properlyturning the valve ports h V 2 and 2 can 'be shifted so that port2 'will actical for'm ,of'the sej slgilled f in a dj' us thejsame, and U i I t i illnstrated in dotted lines'in Fig. 4. I I The "pipe :4: preferably communicates with which may be connected a; supplyvalve" 4* byfa pipe 4 toa' vessel 1 liquid tobe'dispense'd. Preferably the valve L 4% hasftwo'xinlet ports so that it;v can be Y g y II iunication can are; views of thefreg ster iactuism kshowing {the parts in "(1116- ".rsSe-l' 'jndel o h w n s 1mm ME sURING ANDREGISTERING APPARATUS.

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The measuring device proper preferably consists of a cylinder 1 closed atrboth ends by heads 1 and 1*; head 1 is provided with af'port communicating with a nipple l", and head 1* with alport communicating with a nipple- 1 ,-to' whichv nipples are attached 7 pipes 2 2 hereinafter referred to. VVithin this container isfitted a piston 1 which 1s movable longitudinally of the cylinder and Q is adapted toflbe moved by the liquid admitted into the cylinder hereinafter explained,

The pipes 2 and 2 are respectively con-' nected at their outer ends to ports 2, 2, of a' four-way valve casing 2. The ports 2?, 2,

'arepreferably diametrically. opposite each mm YO KQNQ ',"nss elvon'roUNIVERSAL LIQUID REGISTER other and intermediate these ports 2, 2 are 7 2 communicateswith asupply pipe 4, and

the port, 2. 1 ith a dispensing'pipe ti, hereinafter referredto, t r Within the casing 2 is'aflvalve2 toathe stem 2-of which is connected a lever 2 by which the valve can be manually operated, Thiswalve has two transverse .p0rts2 2 diametrically opposite ports 2, 2 the port 2 2 will establish communication between the establish communicationibetween the ports Y and'port 2 will establish communicationibetweenthe ports 2 and 2 as K containing the simultaneously connected to two vessels K,

thevalve 4 is so arrangedthat combe 2 established alternately corrosive metal.

is o th s em hswlvqszr-ri l qnne fiedrrgislfrih vx ll s ns'n "by wh ch ea llshfi of the alve lever is registered; this mechanism is constructed as follows: "IIiIOIdGIT'td register the amount of liquid passedthrough the measurir g yessel l it is necessary that .l'm as ng i f "liqu i 6 f gli' Wi i if it r bile hitfef measfir, fe'abli' 1t each fepemtiv'e movement of yelve 2?? be registered. fiA'ssu ming foi' e'xfztjmplethat' ihe vessel can contain but one valve j2 jis shifieii' m e right i 5) in as" for each m'bvemer'lt of-jtile a1 ea J major 1am; 9Whichis1pivdted at 94 and eg .{the yalve. ileilei'v is liti'eir'i.

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'engtges' leverjdi will thr ow this leveijflto i: 1

thelfight; 1 1mg; lithe eolvli iif the ciisirig 8 is removed' iiii'd vthe ileveiugsis shewiiiis s mama to" its jzitiiineleft?hanil positidfi zis:

hzind osit-1011 iiiwhich spring 8*. .iilhicli Wbuld; fbi'ce lever 7f to n bve shbwn in Fig; 2; (then the iipper partof fca'tedin dotted lines inFig. 4;; a i r I Uponithe retur movement oif l eyer 2;;tq ,thepositio A s'hqwii' in Fig. '1 the partsrwo lfd (warm foilc'iii 'sfi hever '7- would first] l y q pas ed iiitd'thevese 1ifi, a'1'1d=a. n it level 8 gand' Would. force lever rback 'to the ftheiyalve;2Psgwouldibex'n gather position iridimoved to the left by the aeqio 'o f'sprirl'g "Slip-13 v we j7q=inayb I I I I interposed between thepipes 2? and 2? and the nipples. j,;1.l and II 1 respect vely. These valves 7 when 'in normal position do not 3 pane-acetates nae-den flow-from, thetconta e hr g l e 1 Pipe. P

" head 1?, it .clo'ses the; outlet aperture in said I I head :and noimore liquid escapes throughthe .-fai1cet and no more=liquid canf enter the Qmeasuringvessel 1 This vessel is made. of 15 *such size -that'ffit} will. contain a predetermined ..q uantity ,f-of 1iquid','= .say one pint or *Fonefquart,,andthe introduction of such a] quantity 'o f uliquidjginto 'fthe cylinder will orce' the'pi stonitooneqend thereof. I

Vhenino more liquid escapes through the pipe valve 2 is shifted so as; to establish 1 communication between pipes 4 "and 2 a and taweenpipesa and16 as indicated indotted I 1 in s gin Fig; 34 thereupon, when the faucet 1'6? is 'opened,fliquid*will 'flow from the sup- Y"- 1,through head :1" c and force the piston 1 :---throug h the. pipes 2*v and.- pipe 6 to'the faucet untilfthe 'vessel'is'again emptied. When no moreliquid c-fio'wsgthrou'gh pipe 6, when the Pressu b en t e' pp y? and Piston liyiandpdoesnot have any opportunity to I afoam' nntil it jisfldischarged from the faucet; andfeachshifting movement ofthe valve 2 I is registered on the register as described, and

12; a any time by. inspecting the register the I totalfamountthat has been withdrawn can lbeideterinined. I;

passed. through the apparatusiin the same therein. In order to facilitatecleansing the pipes and. valves without running the fluid through the measuring vessela by-pass pige e connected"withthree way valves a 5' plythroughpipe 4 and 2? into the cylinder faucetiisiopen, the valve 2i mustbe again .f shiftedi -;Th1ls byshifting the valve 2 com-' liquid "is" thu'sfalw'ay's held under "its initial I I sometimes desirable to frequently I cleanse the fpipes andJ passages through whichthefluid passes,=and"f orthis purpose it is, customary toforceaflchemicalsolution through the pipes} The sateen; could be I way-that the fluidjp'asses;"'but it is u'nneces saryto fl'ush the measuringivessel frequently f ifor the'reas'on; that'it iskeptjcleanrby the re- ;v -ziciprocatory .movement "of/the plunger 1 I I v I,

' tion, and means for operating the major lever; v I I v k I o un cate"-w-itii*the nir but e t b i h communication ,between {the pipes '2 2 and 1 n ppl g L re p c ely, as. sh ng- ,When I ,itgfisj: desired to cleanse ,the ,cirf;

culatingpipesqwith solution without intro ducing same .into the measuring vessel, thei valves .Taare turned so as to close communlcation'between pipes Q'F'and 2 and the cylinder 1 and; establishcommunications-be tween ithe pipes 2 2 and pipe 7; then the solution can be circulated through the pipes What I claim is:

1. In COIIIbl IlSLtIOIL a, registering mechanisrn having a rocking actuating lever, a sprlngxengaging the register lever, a lever a,

pivoted beside the register lever anda'dapted to engage the same, a major lever adapted 2. In combination, a reglster having I a 4, 2%:7, 2*,and 6, andthusall the pipes and, valves ar i kly and thoroughly l a d; I

rocking actuatinglever, a'spring for throw-. I

ing said actuating lever in one direction, a movable member adapted'to engage the lever on one-movement, and means having an engaging relation with said lever on the other movement of said member whereby for each I movement of the member the said actuating [lever is firstmoved in one direction by said spring and then returned'to normalposition against the action of said spring.

3. In combination, a register having a rocking actuating member, and a spring for throwing said member inone direction; an

oscillatinglever' adapted to engage the-register actuating member; a ma or lever adapted to engage and actuate'the oscillating lever whenthe major lever ismoved 1n one direction, and means for operating the;

major lever, said parts being so related and, engaged that each time the major lever is shifted in either direction the register actuating member is reciprocated,

4. In combination, aregis I rocking actuating lever, a spring'for throwing said actuating leverin one direction, an 7 oscillating lever 'pivotedbes deithe register actuating lever and adapted to engage the latter, a major lever beside the oscillating lever adapted to engage the oscillating lever and actuate the-same when said majorlever I ismovedin onedirection, andto engage the; actuating lever and; operate same when said major lever ismoved inthe. opposite direction; with an oscillating lever adapted to engage the register actuating lever, a major ter having a throwingsaid actuating lever in onedirec- I 

